background: hydatidosis is one of the major zoonotic diseases that cause considerable public health problems in iran. the present study was designed to investigate pediatric hydatidosis in pa­tients referred to the children medical center hospital in tehran, iran during 2005-2010. methods : data were collected from the records of 17 patients referred to the center with hydatidosis. data include...

conclusions kd should be kept in mind as one of the causes of childhood acalculous cholestasis, abdominal discomfort and prolonged fever. case presentation we report a four-year-old boy with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, jaundice and mild liver enlargement who gradually developed other signs of kd. he was treated by aspirin, intravenous immunoglobulin and finally methylprednisolone pulse the...

scleromyxedema is a rare, chronic, progressive, fibromucinous disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by lichenoid waxy papules and firm induration of skin of trunk, face, forearm and hands; fibroblast proliferation and mucin deposition in the upper dermis. cutaneous involvement is characteristic but there are several associated systemic manifestations: we observed a case of scleromyxedema ...